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Janet

In article >,
says...
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> On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:50:29 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
> >In article >, says...
> >>
> >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >
> >> > "Janet" > wrote in message
> >> > t...
> >> >> In article >,
> >> >> says...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> There is a restaurant in a hotel near us. The restaurant has had it's
> >> >>> ups and downs.
> >> >> Got a new chef, manager recently. We decided to give it a try for a
> >> >> little birthday dinner. I had the duck breast, and it was wonderful.
> >> >> The best thing was the vegetable served with it. It was tiny, tender
> >> >> Brussels sprouts and teeny-tiny potatoes. I have never seen potatoes
> >> >> that small, they were about 1 inch across.
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't they sell those in US supermarkets?
> >> >>
> >> >> In UK they are called (and sold as) "new potatoes", the first of the
> >> >> season's crop, very tender and delicious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Janet UK
> >> >
> >> > Those are smaller than new, I think. We can get them but not every store
> >> > has them and only perhaps once a year.
> >>
> >> Maybe they're just cut to a small size regular potatoes, like the *baby*
> >> carrots. ;-)
> >
> > Oh, so you've never seen them either? They are cooked and served in
> >their skins; it's too delicate to peel.
>
> I wouldn't peel them anyway. I love the skin on new potatoes.

IF some weird person did not like/want the skins on, all they need
do is gently pinch a hot cooked new potato between finger and thumb and
it will pop out of its skin bare nekkid. That's how fragile the skins
are.

Janet UK